The crew is facing new roadblocks
Star Trek: Picard opens on the mysterious blonde woman (Penelope Mitchell) at Q (John de Lancie) starred in “Watcher” as she embarks on a failed space mission simulation. It is clear that his toys and scorn have come under the skin of her, and the fate of the future depends on her self-confidence. She is, after all, Jean-Luc Picards (Patrick Stewart) great-aunt Reneé Picard – a revelation that comes shortly after the cold opens.
“Fly Me to the Moon” is an episode that may get some audiences to revisit the first season of the series to get a refresh of what characters like Dr. Soong (Brent Spiner) and his daughter (Isabel Briones) is – especially since the couple also plays Data and Soji. The section is also rich in knowledge from Star Trek: The Original Seriesthanks to Picard, who makes the connection between non-Laris (Orla Brady) to be a supervisor, just like Gary Seven (Robert Lansing) was in “Task: The Earth.” This is handy when you have a universe with a well-cataloged list of world-historical texts that make it easy and natural for its characters to pontify as if they were reading a Memory Alpha Wikipage.
While Q may be focused on interfering in Reneé’s future with the European mission, he has more than enough time to also give Dr. Soong dataene (pun intended) to help heal his sick daughter. He does everything from an ominous message on Soong’s computer to an intricate business card adorned with the letter “Q” to a grand gesture to give him a life-saving cure after his medical license is revoked (by Lea Thompson, nothing less). It is not yet entirely clear what Q’s angle is with Dr. Soong, but it seems that he is trying to prevent him from creating his Soong-type android, including Data and the subsequent programs that will produce Dahj and Soji, and more importantly Picard, whose consciousness was placed in the synthetic golem last season. Could this be his new plan now that he knows Picard is on his case?
Back on earth, Raffi (Michelle Hurd) and seven (Jeri Ryan) is able to stop arguing and dancing around Raffi’s grief long enough to stop the bus transporting Rios (Santiago Cabrera) and the other detainees. With this plot point behind him, it will be interesting to see how it affects Rio’s path forward – he has now seen first hand a darker side of human history, which they were fortunately free of in the more progressive future they are trying. saving.
With the lead role still split up for most of the episode, “Fly Me to the Moon” is split into two plot lines that eventually converge aboard The mermaid. When Picard and non-Laris arrive aboard the ship, Picard assures her that he trusts his crew above all others and that they can trust them, but within seconds they encounter the crew pulling an incapacitated Frenchman. police officer, a dead Borg queen (Annie Wersching), and Agnes (Alison Pille) covered by her blood. Not quite the most reassuring discovery when trying to convince a creature like a “Supervisor” to trust you.
When the stakes on life or death increase by the second, the crew regroups and plans how to infiltrate a glamorous party that Reneé is to attend. Fortunately, Agnes took historical coding lessons at the university and is convinced she can crack into the system for a long time. enough to dupe it to recognize Rios and Picard. With the plan, swans Agnes sat through the event just long enough to be arrested for having acted suspiciously. But in the last moments of the episode – when she is supposed to break into the system – it is revealed that the Borg queen did not die, but assimilated part of herself in Agnes. Now none of them will ever be alone. Twist sets the stage for even more drama and roadblocks as the crew tries to stop Q before it’s too late.
Evaluation: A +
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 is now streamed on Paramount +.
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